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When last we spoke, I was rambling on about a bunch of great RPGs from Kickstarter that I was dying to sink my teeth into. But that list didn’t even touch on the horror/Cthulhu genre, which is near and dear to my heart, and has really been for years my go-to RPG genre. (I have

We are truly in the golden age of RPGs (never mind board and card games, which are having their own renaissance). Since I joined Kickstarter in 2011, the RPG market has fully grasped and exploited the crowdfunding platform, resulting in millions of dollars in funded table-top RPGs. One just needs to look at the recent

It’s been nine years since I started working on this project, but it was worth the wait. The Kickstarter for bringing Sun Spots to life as a Call of Cthulhu is now live. You can find the project here. You can see some preliminary illustrations here. Let’s see where this journey takes us!

Weird 8 Becomes Chaosium Licensee — Sun Spots to be Published for Call of Cthulhu Kickstarter Will Launch Thursday Sept 15th and Be Updated for 7th Edition Rules Sun Spots is now an officially licensed Chaosium Call of Cthulhu® scenario and will be published for the recently released 7th edition of the rules. The Kickstarter

New Stand-alone Horror RPG Book Launching on Kickstarter Sept. 15th — Sun Spots Scenario Hearkens Back to Old School Cthulhu Gaming Dave Sokolowski, author of 2014’s successful Kickstarter scenario He Who Laughs Last, and contributor to both SixtyStone Press’ Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion and Golden Goblin Press’ Tales of the Caribbean, is launching his second

Finished watching Stranger Things. Loved it, but I’m pretty much the ideal audience. It’s not for everyone, but like True Detective Season 1, it rises above and entertains better than most. But hey, some people are sticklers and parse everything out, looking for every possible fault before deciding from on high whether something is good

Things are finally underway! Again! Less than two months until I kick off the Kickstarter for my Cthulhu Dark scenario “Sun Spots” and momentum is gathering as we speak. Here are components of the project that are already complete: The core text, playtested multiple times (~27k words) The cover art by Chris Huth Multiple interior